Air travel cheaper than rail in Germany says official
Washington dispatch reports Brower York of the Commerce Department aviation division notes in Europe the shift toward air transport for passengers and valuable freight with lower costs, fewer handlings, and faster delivery. He cites regular schedules and high flight reliability, while European airlines remain heavily subsidized by governments.
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Timea
Washington
Germany
Brower York
Commerce Department Transportation Division
Europe
York
Foremen Will Dine at Riverside Fire Prevention Dinner
A large turnout is expected for the Foreman's Club dinner and meeting at the Riverside pumping station of the Indianapolis Water Co. Speakers include Richard E. Vernor of Chicago editor of The Fire Plug and head of the Western actuarial bureau fire prevention department. The program features motion pictures including the Briggs auto body plant Detroit fire with eleven deaths and a discussion on Fire the Job Stealer. Speakers also include Frank C. Jordan James W. Coepper William J. Curran Jesse Hutsell and Horace W. Carey.
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Foreman’s Club
Riverside
Indianapolis Water Co
William Elliott
Richard E. Vernor
Chicago
Western Acturial Bureau
Briggs Auto
Detroit
Frank C. Jordan
Water Company
James W. Coepper
William J. Curran
Indianapolis Salvage Corps
Jesse Hutsell
Horace W. Carey
Airplanes Available for Commercial Use in Indianapolis
Indianapolis residents may fly on two planes offered for commercial use at Stout-Cox airport Mars Hill. Sightseeing trips over Indianapolis or other destinations can be arranged and commercial photography will be a special service. The planes are inspected daily but the Airport Corporation of the National Guard squadron disclaims responsibility for risk to passengers.
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Indianapolis
William H. Kershner
Stout-Cox
Mars Hill
National Guard Squadron
Ume
Kershner
Indiana truck growers meet at Terre Haute convention
Indiana fruit and truck growers from all sections convene in Terre Haute for the annual state convention. Sessions were held at a park picnic with speakers including State president John Keisling Purdue officials Prof. F C Gaylord Dr T Gregory Paul Work and Rep Noble Johnson and Mayor Ora Davis of Terre Haute.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
John Keisling
F. C. Gaylord
Purdue University
T. Gregory
Purdue
Paul Work
Market Growers Journal
Noble Johnson
Ora Davis
Search for Navy pilot continues after sea plane crash
Newport Beach California June 23 United Press reports the search for the body of Lieutenant Commander William Hactor U S N continues after a naval seaplane bound for San Diego crashed in the ocean. A body believed to be Charles Robbins was found in the surf with injuries matching the missing man description.
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United Press
Newport Beach
Cal
William 58
Hactor
San Diego
Charles Robbins
Robbins
Industry profits from X ray use says Dr George L Clark
French Lick Ind June 23 Industry is profiting by the use of X ray Dr George L Clark told the meeting of the American Society for Testing Materials in session here Clark founded the industrial X ray research laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Timea
French Lick
Ind
George L. Clark
American Society For Testing Materials
Clark
Massachusetts Institue of Technology
Colorado Threatens to Flood Million Acres of West's Richest Garden Spot
The Imperial Valley faces urgent flood threats from the Colorado River as levee defenses strain under rising waters. The piece notes rock trains at Andrade and a widening danger point, with 1924 saw 74 trains of 40 cars repelling floods and calls Boulder Dam as the sole remedy, while Mexican tenant farmers gain water and power concerns loom with electric firms fearing cheap energy near Los Angeles.
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Colorado
West
Imperial Valley
Colorado River
Andrade
el Centro
Mexican Delta
Boulder Dam
Mexico
Imperial
Los Angeles
Imperial Valley Faces Flood Threat From Colorado River
El Centro California reports that heavy snows upstream have swollen the Colorado River and threaten to inundate the Imperial Valley, potentially flooding 1,000,000 acres below sea level. Levees from Andrade to the gulf guard the basin while 60,000 farmers prepare for a grim defense against a possible century of flooding.
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Imperial Valley
Great Alamo Canal
Colorado
Gulf
Salton Sea
Mississippi
California
Yuma
Gulf of Lower Californ Levee
Andrade
Lutherans Fill Board Places in Missouri Synod Session
At Ft Wayne Indiana on June 23 members were elected to several boards of the Missouri Lutherans synod central district. Secreineers list includes August Gerken Monroeville Rev F C Jordan Terre Haute Rev C E Schroeder Defiance Rev E H Eggers Seymour Rev Paul Eickstaedt La Porte Rev George Ziegler Hamilton Ohio Rev Wepine Blievernight Toledo Rev Weber Zanesville Rev Walter Klaus Wayne Rev William Moll Wayne Rev Louis Wambsganss Indianapolis Rev eree Meyer Akewood Mc the Rev A Rump Gary Rev E Friedrich Cleveland Ohio Rev 2 G Schmidt Lafayette Executive or Mission board includes Revs Fred W Hearns F E Brede meyer and ed Wehrinberg all of Ft Wayne Advisory Home Mission Board for Southern Indiana Rev F J Jordan Terre Haute John Schaefer Columbus Ohio Walter Littman Cincinnati Ohio Otto Rhlbrand Seymour Advisory Mission Board for Northern Indiana Rev Paul Barth Elkhart Benes Co Wolter Hammond Rev A es Mishawaka W D Holtermann Board of Christian Education Rev E J Friedrich Cleveland Rev Paul Dannemfeldt Ft Wayne Martin Pohlmann Ft Wayne M Koillmorgen Cincinnati L Seagnenone Ernest Gallmeyer Rev E E Foelber Ft Wayne Bode Cleveland Louis Scheidt Goihimbus Ind Board of Finance Rev E H Eg Byte eerpes W Poerne Evansville harles Ickman Tipton Ind Financial Secretary A R Ahlbrand Seymour
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FT. Wayne
Ind
Central District
Missouri Lutherans Synod
Board of
Seceineers
August Gerken
Monroeville
F.C. Jordan
Terre Haute
C. E. Schroeder
Defiance
E. H. Eggers
Seymour
Paul Eickstaedt
la Porte
George Ziegler
Hamilton
Ohio
Benes Co. Wolter
Hammond
Mishawaka
W. D. Holtermann
Board of Christian Education
E. J. Friedrich
Cleveland
Paul Dannemfeldt
Ft. Swayne
Martin Pohlmann
M. _Koillmorgen
Cincinnati
L. Seagnenone
Ernest_ Gallmeyer
E. E
Autoist Hart in wreck near Frankfort Indiana
George Fiel of 2506 East Seventeenth Street was injured when his car was hit by a vehicle driven by farmer J C F Brown in Frankfort Indiana. Brown suffered a stroke of paralysis a few minutes before the collision according to a dispatch from the city.
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George Fiel
E. Seventeenth St
J. C. F. Brown
Fiel
Frankfort
Ind
Brown
Purdue specialists explain farm research to Indiana agents
Purdue University agriculture specialists explained the benefits of farm research to county farm agents in Lafayette Indiana. The program is funded under the Parnell act and vocational farm teachers attending were addressed by L L Needler secretary of the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation who stressed the value of their work. E J Baker secretary of the Indiana State board of agriculture discussed plans to improve the Indiana State fair.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Indiana
L. L. Needler
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
E. J. Baker
Indiana State Board of Agriculture
Baltimore publisher arrives in India by air yacht
Van Lear Black, Baltimore publisher, arrived in Karachi from Bundar Abbas at 3 45 Indian time this afternoon aboard his air yacht.
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United Press
Karachi
India
van Lear Black
Baltimore
Bunderabbas
Lowly Limburger Gains Popular Esteem Here
Limburger, once a disliked odor, gains popularity in Indianapolis as it is pasteurized and sealed in air tight packaging. Jack Stephenson of an Alabama street cheese firm notes improved odor and rising sales while a Germany dispatch says demand falters there due to a shift toward fatter cheeses.
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Limburger
Indianapolis
Stephenson
Germany
Van Swerin gers Seek 10 Way Rail Merger
Washington June 23 The Van Swerin gens request to merge Chesapeake & Ohio Pere Marquette and Erie railways into a 10 000 mile system is before the Interstate Commerce Commission Hearings on the Feb 10 petition closed The C O option to buy Pere Marquette shares expires July 1 Nickel Plate directors refuse to extend the option Pere Marquette stock trades at 126 a share The commission will review briefs for 90 days followed by oral arguments Final decision is unlikely before October 15 and at least one more month may be needed before a ruling is announced
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Times
Washington
van Sweringen Brothers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pere Marquette
Erie Railways
Nickel Plate
National Livestock and Meat Board Convenes in Cleveland
Representatives from all branches of the livestock and meat industry will assemble in Cleveland on June 28-29 for the National Livestock and Meat Board fourth annual convention. The board promotes a national program of research and education on meat.
Thief pockets clock as alarm triggers arrest in Detroit
In a Detroit department store two men glanced at merchandise and left without buying. An alarm clock in one man’s pocket sounded the alarm, he attempted to muff le it, and a detective stopped him. He was arrested for theft and faces a thirty day run.
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Detroit
Mich
Study Marion roads tour by out of state guests
A study tour of Marion county bituminous highways was conducted yesterday by several out of state guests of A H Hinkle maintenance superintendent of the State Highway Department and Kenneth McConnacey of the Hays Construction Company. Participants included C P Owens Missouri Highway Department J C Marshall Standard Oil Company Indiana H C Halley Missouri Standard Oil Manager and H F Klinker Kansas City.
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Marion County
A. H. Hinkle
State Highway Department
Kenneth McConnacey
Hays Construction Company
C. P. Owens
Missouri Highway Department
J. C. Marshall
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
H. C. Halley
Missouri Standard Oil Manager
H. F. Klinker
Kansas City
Indiana calf club member earns trip to National Dairy Show
G. L. Noble announces that for the fourth year the Blue Valley Creamery Institute will sponsor a free trip to the National Dairy Show in Memphis for the top dairy calf club member. The show runs Oct. 15 to 22.
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Chicago
Indiana
South
G. L. Noble
National Committee On Boys and Girls
Blue Valley Creamery Institute
Memphis
Coolidge May Try Gold Panning in Black Hills Visit
President Coolidge is expected to try gold panning in the Black Hills before leaving Rapid City South Dakota. Guides will accompany him in the streams near the summer White House as visitors note democracy in action at the A and F restaurant across from a cigar store.
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United Press
Rapid City
S. D
Coolidge
Black Hills
Russell Halley
White House
America
The
United
Washington
Indiana Utilities Rates Lowest in Nation, Official Says
Seymour Indiana June 23 Indiana's utilities rates are the lowest in the nation, according to Public Service Commission member von W McCardle. He says Indiana service is better than in other states as he speaks to employees of the Interstate Public Service Company.
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Ind
Indiana
von W. McCardle
Public Service Commission
Heas
Othr
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